[RedBloodedAmerican]

Outlook, or move to OE6.

[lawdude]

Eudora. 4.3.2! Much less concern about worms. etc.

[chindog]

You might try Eudora, which is not free unless you accept sponsored ads, or Eudora light which is free, but has fewer features.

http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/updater1.html

[Tom Jefferson]

I also use Eudora. It is far and away the best email program. Go to www.eudora.com

They are up to version 5.1 now.

[chance33_98]

I use eudora as well - it does what e-mail programs were designed to do, e-mail.

[BMCDA]

The Bat! or Pegasus. Outlook is like a bar of dynamite in your ass that everyone who feels lucky enough can ignite from a safe distance.

[PatriotGames]

( I hope you have a sense of humor! This story went around the internet a couple of years ago. ) In the words of a telephone tech support technician, who, after trying to fix a customer's computer on the telephone, got very exasperated and finally told the customer to box up the computer and return it to the store where he purchased it. When the customer heard this he asked, "What should I tell them at the store?" The tech support technician calmly replied, "Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." LOL

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

OK, the real truth is I am looking for something that will make it less likely for me to accidentally delete an entire folder and a dozen or so unread email messages.

I did the exact same thing myself. In fact, I started a thread about it. I lost hundreds of emails.

[DeSoto]

Eudora. And simply don't delete anything. Eudora lets you move messages to other files. I currently have 14 Meg of messages and I don't care. At least I haven't deleted anything I wanted to keep. Periodically I transfer the less important stuff to another file but I never delete, (you're not the only idiot out there.) 8^)

[an amused spectator]

You got company - and a fairly lively thread here:

I accidentally permanently deleted a folder from Outlook Express - any chance of getting it back?

[slouch-no-more]

I've been using Eudora for the past 5 years. The latest version is 5.1. It's great - I recommend it highly.

[JoeSchem]

OK, the real truth is I am looking for something that will make it less likely for me to accidentally delete an entire folder and a dozen or so unread email messages

Not that I'm any big fan of MonkeySoft, but my ancient Netscape Communicator program has an Undo feature on the Edit menu that, well, undoes my mistakes, and I would think that Outlook would do the same (they're good at stealing ideas from other people).

Furthermore, when I delete something, it simply goes over to the trash folder, from whence it can be resurrected unless I specifically go there and delete it again. I would think that Outlook does the same.

Oh, and another thing. Instead of those complex keyboard operations to delete a file, simply click on the file name using your right mouse button. That will pop up a menu, and you won't get distracted by looking at your fingers on the keyboard.

[fnord]

Jumping on the bandwagon for Eudora ... even in sponsored mode.

I just got finished testing out the new Pegasus, and it bites big time!

[potlatch]

I also use the 'free' Eudora, it is well set up and easy to use. One funny thing - my brother is a police chief in a texas city and my e-mail is rejected there!
I have to send e-mail to him through my local ISP's e-service, which is really plain-jane compared to Eudora.

[boris]

PEGASUS. It's free and it WORKS.

--Boris

[D-fendr]

Been using Eudora Lite 3.1 for years. Free, does everything I could want, not ads.

[blackbart1]

Eudora is the only way to go. I just got a new computer and the IE browser for the first time. I thought I would hook up Outlook Express for the fun of it because it has fun stationary etc. I disconnected the OE email about three days later. Had gotten 3 attachments with virus' in them in that small amount of time. My anti-virus caught them but I don't need that kind of hassle. No problem since disconnecting.

I used Eudora Light for a while but I love it so much I scrounged and now have Eudora Pro which must be paid for but it is worth it for many reasons one being the strong encryption.

[Schakaljager]

The Bat, period. Not free, but well worth the price. I suggest you to check it out here.

[asneditor]

Eudora!

[ggraziano]

I used a pre-spyware version of Eudora and liked it a lot, but I wanted the eMail & browser integrated in one program. I've liked Opera for the couple of years I've used it. It is billed as the world's fastest browser, and uses far fewer computer resources to get the job done. It's not moron-proof, but I question whether any program is. Ever heard of making backups? Also, consider upgrading the o/s to 2000 Professional--fewer crashes, and virtually no corruption of other software. Good luck!